Early returns from Iraq’s national elections suggest that Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki’s State of Law Alliance is on track to secure the highest number of seats of any party in the next parliament, and that he himself is well placed to retain his post. If Maliki does stay on in his role, this should ensure… [Read more]
Today marks not only the 20th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre in China, but also that of the first partially free elections in Poland. While Poland went on to become fully democratic, China remains an anomaly in that it is the only major economy in the world that has not democratised. How long will… [Read more]
Moldova is in the midst of yet another political crisis. By this, I actually mean that the country has entered a new phase of a pre-existing crisis – a crisis that yields valuable lessons on the broader significance of political institutions to a country’s risk profile. Fortunately, this new scene in the ongoing drama has… [Read more]